Latest news from Maple Valley, WA collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations

Ancestries: German (9.6%), American (7.6%), Irish (6.4%), English (6.3%), European (5.9%), Norwegian (5.2%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Incorporated in 1997

Elevation: 343 feet

Land area: 5.43 square miles.

Population density: 4,629 people per square mile (average).

For population 25 years and over in Maple Valley:

High school or higher: 97.6%

Bachelor's degree or higher: 40.7%

Graduate or professional degree: 12.8%

Unemployed: 2.6%

Mean travel time to work (commute): 36.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Maple Valley city:

Never married: 20.2%

Now married: 64.8%

Separated: 0.8%

Widowed: 3.7%

Divorced: 10.5%

1,913 residents are foreign born (1.5% Europe, 1.0% Latin America).

This city:

7.4%

Washington:

13.5%

According to our research of Washington and other state lists there were 13 registered sex offenders living in Maple Valley, Washington as of February 17, 2018.The ratio of number of residents in Maple Valley to the number of sex offenders is 1,859 to 1.The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is smaller than the state average.

User submitted facts and corrections:

Maple Valley is served by the Tahoma School District. The senior high school is Tahoma Senior High School. The cited high school, Maple Valley High School is an alternative high school for students that prefer not to attend the mainstream highschool. The website for the school district is www.tahoma.wednet.edu and will give you the names of all the middle and elementary schools also.

Notable locations in Maple Valley: Lake Wilderness Golf Course (A), Elk Run Golf Course (B), Lake Wilderness Resort (C), King County Fire Protection District 43 Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety Station 80 (D), King County Fire Protection District 43 Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety Station 81 (E), King County Fire Protection District 43 Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety Station 83 (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Maple Valley include: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (A), Saint Georges Episcopal Church (B), Maple Valley Church of the Nazarene (C), Common Ground Church (D), Hope Fellowship Church (E), Maranatha Assembly of God Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2013 was 98.3. This is worse than average.

City:

98.3

U.S.:

74.7

Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2013 was 0.242. This is better than average.Closest monitor was 10.8 miles away from the city center.

City:

0.242

U.S.:

0.293

Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2005 was 18.3. This is significantly worse than average.Closest monitor was 6.7 miles away from the city center.

City:

18.3

U.S.:

6.4

Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2013 was 0.874. This is significantly better than average.Closest monitor was 6.7 miles away from the city center.

City:

0.874

U.S.:

1.912

Ozone [ppb] level in 2013 was 17.8. This is significantly better than average.Closest monitor was 3.4 miles away from the city center.

City:

17.8

U.S.:

32.0

Particulate Matter (PM10) [µg/m3] level in 2013 was 10.9. This is significantly better than average.Closest monitor was 8.8 miles away from the city center.

City:

10.9

U.S.:

20.0

Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µg/m3] level in 2013 was 7.85. This is about average.Closest monitor was 8.8 miles away from the city center.

City:

7.85

U.S.:

9.35

Lead (Pb) [µg/m3] level in 2001 was 0.00397. This is significantly better than average.Closest monitor was 6.7 miles away from the city center.

City:

0.00397

U.S.:

0.01376

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2016: 4.2%
(4.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 1.8% for Black residents, 2.4% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 2.4% for other race residents, 8.6% for two or more races residents)